Biomass and habitability potential of clay minerals- and iron-rich environments: Testing novel analogs for Mars Science Laboratory landing sites candidates

References

• Ehlmann , BL , Mustard , JF , Fassett , CI , Schon , SC , Head , J III , Des Marais , DJ , Grant , JA and Murchie , SL . 2008 . Nature Geosci. , 1 : 355
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bishop , JL , Noe Dobrea , EZ , McKeown , NK , Parente , M , Ehlmann , BL , Michalski , JR , Milliken , RE , Poulet , F , Swayze , GA , Mustard , JF , Murchie , SL and Bibring , JP . 2008 . Mars Sci. , 321 : 830
   Google Scholar
• Chevrier , V . 2008 . Nature Geosci. , 1 : 348
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bonaccorsi , R and Stoker , CR . 2008 . Astrobiology, , 8 : 967
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Poulet , F , Bibring , J-P , Mustard , JF , Gendrin , A , Mangold , N , Langevin , Y , Arvidson , R , Gondet , B , Gomez , C and the Omega Team . 2005 . Nature , 438 : 623
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bibring , J-P , Langevin , V , Mustard , JF , Poulet , F , Arvidson , R , Gendrin , A , Gondet , B , Mangold , N , Pinet , P , Forget , F and the Omega Team . 2006 . Science , 312 : 400
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wang , A , Korotev , RL , Jolliff , BL , Haskin , LA , Crumpler , L , Farrand , WH , Herkenhoff , KE , de Souza , P Jr. , Kusak , GA , Hurowitz , JA and Tosca , NJ . 2006 . J. Geophys. Res. , 111 : E02S16
   Google Scholar
• Catling , DC . 2007 . Nature , 448 : 31
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Beegle , L , Wilson , M , Abilleira , F , Jordan , J and Wilson , G . 2007 . Astrobiology , 7 : 4
   Google Scholar
• Mahaffy , P . 2008 . Space Sci. Rev. , 135 : 255
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Glavin , DP , Cleaves , HJ , Buch , A , Schubert , M , Aubrey , A , Bada , JL and Mahaffy , P . 2006 . Planet. Space Sci. , 54 : 1584
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Klein , HP . 1992 . J. Orig. Life Evol. Biospheres , 21 : 1573
   Google Scholar
• Navarro-González , R , Navarro , KF , de la Rosa , J , Iñiguez , E , Molina , P , Luis , D , Miranda , LD , Morales , P , Cienfuegos , E , Coll , P , Raulin , F , Amils , R and McKay , CP . 2006 . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. , 103 : 16089
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Van der Velden , W and Schwartz , AW . 1977 . Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta , 41 : 961
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stoks , PG and Schwartz , AW . 1979 . Nature , 282 : 709
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bullock , MA , Stoker , CR , McKay , CP and Zent , AP . 1994 . Icarus , 107 : 142
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zent , AP . 1998 . J. Geophys. Res. , 103 : 31491
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lammer , H , Lichtenegger , HIM , Kolb , C , Ribas , I , Guinan , EF , Abart , R and Bauer , SJ . 2003 . Icarus , 165 : 9
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sumner , DY . 2004 . J. Geophys. Res. , 109 : E12007 doi:10.1029/2004JE002321
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Apak , R . 2008 . Int. J. Astrobiol. , 7 : 187
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Aubrey , A , Cleaves , HJ , Chalmers , JH , Skelley , AM , Mathies , RA , Grunthaner , FJ , Ehrenfreund , P and Bada , JL . 2006 . Geology , 34 : 357
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Davila , AF , Fairén , AG , Duport , LG , Stoker , CR , Amils , R , Bonaccorsi , R , Zavaleta , J , Lim , D , Schulze-Makuch , D and McKay , CP . 2008 . EPSL , 272 : 456
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ertem , G , Hazen , RM and Dworkin , JP . 2007 . Astrobiology , 7 : 715
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• D'Acqui , LP , Daniele , E , Fornasier , F , Radaelli , L and Ristorri , GG . 1998 . Eur. J. Soil Sci. , 49 : 579
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kaiser , K and Zech , W . 2000 . J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. , 163 : 531
   Google Scholar
• Kleber , M , Mikutta , R , Torn , MS and Jahn , R . 2005 . Eur. J. Soil Sci. , 56 : 717
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hedges , JI and Keil , RG . 1995 . Mar. Chem., , 49 : 81
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cowie , GL , Hedges , JI , Prahl , FG and De Lange , GJ . 1995 . Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta , 59 : 33
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Torn , MS , Trumbore , SE , Chadwick , OA , Vitousek , PM and Hendricks , DM . 1997 . Nature , 389 : 170 – 173 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wattel-Koekkoek , EJW and Buurman , P . 2004 . Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. , 68 : 154
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sutter , B , Brown , AJ and Stoker , CR . 2008 . Astrobiology , 8 : 1049
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Crowe , BM and Fisher , RV . 1973 . Geol. Soc. Am. Bull , 84 : 663
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bruckner , J and Venkateswaran , K . 2007 . Jpn. J. Food Microbiol. , 24 : 61
   Google Scholar
• Raetz , CRH and Whitfield , C . 2002 . Annu. Rev. Biochem. , 71 : 635
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bedick , JC , Shnyra , A , Stanley , DW and Pardy , RL . 2001 . Naturwissenschaften , 88 : 482
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Armstrong , MT , Theg , SM , Braun , N , Wainwright , N , Pardy , RL and Armstrong , PB . 2006 . FASEB J. , 20 : 2145
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• NASA Procedural Requirements, NPR 5340, 2007.
   Google Scholar
• Cowan , DA , Russell , NJ , Mamais , A and Sheppard , DM . 2002 . Extremophiles , 6 : 431
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• R. Bonaccorsi and C.P. McKay, Total biomass and organic carbon along a N-S moisture gradient of the Atacama region, Chile [abstract 1489], in 39th Lunar and Planetary Science. Conference Abstracts, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, 2008.
   Google Scholar
• Miller , DP , Bonaccorsi , R and Davis , K . 2008 . Astrobiology , 8 : 947
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chen , B , Cabrol , N , Stoker , CR , McKay , CP , Bonaccorsi , R , Zavaleta , J , Dunagan , S , Rodriguez-Manfredi , JA , Gomez Elvira , J and Rul , F . 19–21 June 2007 . Raman spectra identifications of mineral and organic constituents. NASA Science Technology Conference (NSTC2007) , 19–21 June , University of Maryland .
   Google Scholar
• Rosch , P , Schmitt , M , Kefer , W and Popp , J . 2003 . J. Mol. Struct. , 661 : 363
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jarvis , RM , Brooker , A and Goodacre , R . 2004 . Anal. Chem. , 76 : 5198
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schopf , JW , Kudryavtsev , AB , Agresti David , GT , Wdowiak , J and Czaja , AD . 2002 . Nature , 416 : 73
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• García-Ruiz , M , Hyde , ST , Carnerup , AM , Christy , AG , Van Kranendonk , MJ and Welham , NJ . 2003 . Science , 302 : 1194
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brazier , MD , Green , OR , Jephcoat , AP , Kleppe , AK , Van Kranendonk , MJ , Lindsay , JF , Steele , A and Grassineauk , NV . 2002 . Nature , 416 : 76
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Thomas , GJ Jr. and Wang , AH . 1988 . “ Laser Raman spectroscopy of nucleic acids ” . In Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology , Edited by: Eckstein , F and Lilley , DMJ . 1 Berlin : Springer .
   Google Scholar
• McKay , CP , Friedmann , EI , Gomez-Silva , B , Cáceres-Villanueva , L , Andersen , DT and Landheim , R . 2003 . Astrobiology , 3 : 393
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Navarro-González , R , Rainey , FA , Molina , P , Bagaley , DR , Hollen , BJ , de la Rosa , J , Small , AM , Quinn , RC , Grunthaner , FJ , Cáceres , L , Gomez-Silva , B and McKay , CP . 2003 . Science , 302 : 1018
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Warren-Rhodes , KA , Rhodes , KL , Pointing , SB , Ewing , SE , Lacap , DC , Gómez-Silva , B , Amundson , R , Friedmann , EI and McKay , CP . 2006 . Microb. Ecol. , 52 : 389
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• E.E. Brabb, R.W. Graymer and D.L. Jones, Geology of the onshore part of San Mateo County, California: a digital database. USGS, Open-File Report, 1998, p.98. Available at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-137/smgeo.txt
   Google Scholar
• Edwards , HGM , Villar , SEJ , Parnell , J , Cockell , CS and Lee , P . 2005 . Analyst , 130 : 917
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Benner , SA , Devine , KG , Matveeva , LN and Powell , DH . 2000 . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA , 97 : 2425
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Eigenbrode , J , Benning , LG , Maule , J , Wainwright , N , Steele , A , Amundsen , HEF and the AMASE . 2006 . Astrobiology , 9 : 455
   Google Scholar
• C.C. Allen, N.R. Wainwright, S.E. Grasby, R.P. Harvey, Life in the Ice. Sixth International Conference on Mars, 2003, contribution no. 3138.
   Google Scholar
• Haydel , SE , Remenih , CM and Williams , LB . 2008 . J. Antimicrob. Chemother. , 61 : 353
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Williams , LB , Holland , M , Eberl , DD , Brunet , T and de Courssou , LB . 2004 . Miner. Soc. Bull. (Lond.) , 139 : 3
   Google Scholar
• Nolte , WA . 1982 . Oral Microbiology , Vol. 4 , 3 London : Mosby .
   Google Scholar
• Rogers , JR and Bennett , PC . 2004 . Chem. Geol. , 203 : 91
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ewing , SA , Sutter , B , Owen , J , Nishiizumi , K , Sharp , W , Cliff , SS , Perry , K , Dietrich , W , Mckay , CP and Amundson , R . 2006 . Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta , 70 : 5293
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sutter , B , Dalton , JB , Ewing , SA , Amundson , R and Mckay , CP . 2007 . J. Geophys. Res. , 112 : 0148
   Google Scholar
• Guggenheim , S and Martin , RT . 1995 . Clays Clay Miner. , 43 : 255
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• US Department of Agriculture . 2002 . Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils , Vol. 2.0 , Washington, DC : USDA .
   Google Scholar
• Goman , M , Malamud-Roam , F and Ingram , BL . 2008 . J. Coast. Res. , 24 : 1126
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar